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Under Hegseth, reporters are being treated like terrorists Original

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By Jesselyn Radack
| Salon Verified
On Monday Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ​posted a video on X, the government’s de facto policy platform, explaining that the Pentagon and the Justice Department created a newfangled joint task force to identify and prosecute press leaks. The “joint task force” model of all things law enforcement became increasingly popular in the wake of 9/11. Now, under Donald Trump’s administration, it appears press freedom is the new terrorism.
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Tulsi Gabbard's conflict of interest — and hypocrisy Original

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By Jesselyn Radack
| Salon Verified
Tulsi Gabbard used to champion whistleblowers. As a member of Congress, she believed leaks were a necessary tool in revealing illegal actions taken by the government, and took principled, controversial stands opposing the prosecution of Julian Assange and supporting the pardon of my client Edward Snowden. But Gabbard’s principles went out the door when she joined Donald Trump’s administration as director of national intelligence.
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Trump has free rein to kill, courtesy of the Justice Department Original

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By Jesselyn Radack
| Salon Verified
As a lawyer at the Justice Department, and later at accountability nonprofits, I’ve had a front row seat to ever-expanding interpretations of executive authority used to justify things like torture, secret mass government surveillance and civilian drone assassinations with no due process — or any process whatsoever.
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